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reader44ever's review
4.0
I really enjoyed this story. It was rather fun to read. :-)
It picks up about six months after the events in book one ([b:Alchemystic|13515086|Alchemystic (The Spellmason Chronicles, #1)|Anton Strout|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1334415947s/13515086.jpg|19071117]). Alexandra is still learning about Spellmasonry and Stanis is in the hands of his ruthless father.
Enter Caleb Kennedy, alchemist extraordinaire. Heis freelancing for Kejetan Ruthenia and helps him take over control of Stanis. Stanis tries to fight his father's control and commands, but, unfortunately for Alexandra, he is not always successful.
Caleb comes around, though, and seems to switch to working for the side of good. He helps Alexandra free Stanis and they are able to defeat Kejetan.
Unfortunately, Alexandra and Calebaccidentally unleashed a LOT of gargoyles on the City of New York.
So at the end of the story,Stanis decides that he does not want the bond with Alexandra to be restored. Instead, he feels a need to lead the new grotesques, his people, and teach them about what it means to be a grotesque.
The final lines of the story:Stanis and Alexandra are on the roof of her building at St. Mark's with Caleb, Rory, Marshall, and lots of the new gargoyles and Stanis takes his leave, leading the gargoyles away:
So this was a really good story and leaves us with a slight hint of things to come in the third and final book in this trilogy. :-)
It was not without errors, though. Sadly, there were a few places where words were missing or wrong, and one place where Caleb was referred to as Alexander. :-(
And my new dislike of Rory was confirmed in this story. She is too much like a bully for me. Marshall stepped up, though. I liked how he is now a sort-of apprentice alchemist. :-)
In sum, I really enjoyed this story despite a few annoyances. Now to read book three, [b:Incarnate|20949492|Incarnate (The Spellmason Chronicles, #3)|Anton Strout|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1396749984s/20949492.jpg|40321037], and see how it's all going to end. :-)
It picks up about six months after the events in book one ([b:Alchemystic|13515086|Alchemystic (The Spellmason Chronicles, #1)|Anton Strout|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1334415947s/13515086.jpg|19071117]). Alexandra is still learning about Spellmasonry and Stanis is in the hands of his ruthless father.
Enter Caleb Kennedy, alchemist extraordinaire. He
Caleb comes around, though, and seems to switch to working for the side of good. He helps Alexandra free Stanis and they are able to defeat Kejetan.
Unfortunately, Alexandra and Caleb
So at the end of the story,
The final lines of the story:
The night skies over Manhattan would be forever changed. So, too, it seemed, was my relationship to Stanis. Whether either would prove for the better or worse remained to be seen, but as I stood there among my friends and Caleb, one thing was both clear and bittersweet.
Stanis no longer belonged to just me. [fin]
So this was a really good story and leaves us with a slight hint of things to come in the third and final book in this trilogy. :-)
It was not without errors, though. Sadly, there were a few places where words were missing or wrong, and one place where Caleb was referred to as Alexander. :-(
And my new dislike of Rory was confirmed in this story. She is too much like a bully for me. Marshall stepped up, though. I liked how he is now a sort-of apprentice alchemist. :-)
In sum, I really enjoyed this story despite a few annoyances. Now to read book three, [b:Incarnate|20949492|Incarnate (The Spellmason Chronicles, #3)|Anton Strout|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1396749984s/20949492.jpg|40321037], and see how it's all going to end. :-)
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